(Author here) RPLidar is great for home use... but the 6m range is severely limiting outdoors and in larger indoor environments such as warehouses, retail store

(Author here) RPLidar is great for home use... but the 6m range is severely limiting outdoors and in larger indoor environments such as warehouses, retail stores, etc. Anecdotally, you really need at least a 15-20m range to effectively map and localize in such environments -- which is the sweet spot for the Scanse.